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Subject: Re: ChrisW Nomination correct or not

Author: Bruce Moreland

Date: 08:49:29 12/23/98

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On December 22, 1998 at 20:22:05, Dave Gomboc wrote:

>Well, probably someone else could shed more light on this than I could.  I think
>at one point he resigned from the CCC Board, then someone took that opportunity
>to change his password (at his request?), then he asked for it back but it was
>not granted, then he apparently showed up as Steve Blatchford for a while... I
>am sure there are parts to the saga that I have missed, and possibly some of
>what I've said was inaccurate as well.  I mean, that's why I just said "I don't
>know if Chris is a member in good standing or not" in the first place.  Maybe
>it's clear to some people, but it's about as clear as mud to me.

Chris made a "delete my account" request, the kind people make when they are
angry and disgusted.

He got into a big fight with the founder's group and after some time they
decided to honor his request.

What eventually happened is that his password was changed so that he couldn't
access his account.

I don't believe that all of the founders/moderators knew this had happened.  I
think that some of them wanted to do what he asked, which would have left him
free to come back at a point of his choosing (for instance, the next day), and
others wanted to create a situation where he would have to ask to be let back
in.

But changing a password so that someone can't access their account is exactly
how people are banned here, it's what happened to Rolf, for instance.

I am pretty sure that Blatchford was Chris, since at one point he even posted
the same post here and at r.g.c.c., and he was also banned in this guise.  He
neither confirms nor denies that he was Blatchford.

bruce



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